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Language Skills

R
Javascript (d3.js)
C++
Python
Bash
SQL
AWK

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Last updated on 2020-07-16.

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Thom Benjamin Volker

I have made visualizations viewed by hundreds of thousands of people1, sped up query times for 25 terabytes of data by an average of 4,800 times2, and built packages for R3 that let you do magic4.

Currently searching for a position that allows me to build tools leveraging a combination of visualization, machine learning, and software engineering to help people explore and understand their data in new and useful ways.

Education

MSc Methods and Statistics for the Behavioural, Biomedical and Social Sciences

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Utrecht University

current - 2019

  • Thesis: Bayesian Evidence Synthesis using Bayes Factors - Combining studies with various designs
  • Grade: 8.9

MSc Sociology and Social Research

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Utrecht University

current - 2020

BA Liberal Arts and Sciences

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Utrecht University

2019 - 2016

  • Major in Pedagogical Sciences
  • Minor Sociology and Social Research
  • Electives in Philosophy

Experience

Utrecht Summer School, Department of Methods and Statistics

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Utrecht University

2019 - 2018

  • As a student assistant, I was involved in organizing the Summer School courses of the Methods and Statistics Department at Utrecht University.

Internships

Internship MICE - Federated Imputation

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Utrecht University

2020 - 2020

  • Under the supervision of Dr. Gerko Vink and Prof. Dr. Stef van Buuren.

Research Experience

Research Assistant Statistics Netherlands (CBS)

Heerlen, The Netherlands

Statistics Netherlands (CBS)

current - 2020

  • Assessing the usability of an app involved in researching the time spent performing various activities of Dutch citizens.

Research Assistant for Dr. Peter Lugtig

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Utrecht University

current - 2019

  • Contributing to research output.
  • Creating content for the course ‘Survey Data Analysis’, a first-year Research Master course
  • Multiple side-projects, as building a personal webpage and an online research repository

Research Assistant for Dr. Rebecca Kuiper

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Utrecht University

current - 2020

  • Creating content for Bachelor’s courses and Summer School courses.

Teaching Experience

I am passionate about education. I believe that no topic is too complex if the teacher is empathetic and willing to think about new methods of approaching task.

Co-supervision of Bachelor’s Thesis

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Utrecht University

2020 - 2020

  • Together with Prof. Dr. Irene Klugkist, I co-supervised a Bachelor’s Student with his thesis about Bayesian Evidence Synthesis

Multiple Imputation in Practice (MIMP)

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Utrecht Summer School

2019 - 2019

  • Served as a Teaching Assistant in a course concerning Multiple Imputation for Missing Data.
  • As a TA, I provided R assistance during practicals involving the implementation of the R package ‘mice’

Theory Construction and Statistical Modeling

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Utrecht University

2019 - 2019

  • Teaching Assistant involved in practicals concerning Structural Equation Modeling using the R-package ‘lavaan’.

Methodological and Statistical Aspects of Social Science Research

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Utrecht University

2019 - 2019

  • As a teaching assistant, I gave working groups to groups of 20 Master’s students.
  • Topics covered from multiple regression to mediation and moderation analyses.

Undergraduate Bachelor’s courses in statistics

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Utrecht University

2019 - 2018

  • Teaching assistant in several undergraduate statistics courses

Publications

Spiegelhalter, D. J., Best, N. G., Carlin, B. P., & Van Der Linde, A. (n.d.). Some weird title. Retrieved from www.thomvolker.com

Maxwell, J. C. (2008). Talent is never enough: Discover the choices that will take you beyond your talent (1st ed.). New York: Harper Collins.

Maxwell, J. C. (2007). Talent is never enough: Discover the choices that will take you beyond your talent (1st ed.). New York: Harper Collins.

Spiegelhalter, D. J., Best, N. G., Carlin, B. P., & Van Der Linde, A. (2002). Bayesian measures of model complexity and fit. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology), 64 (4), 583–639.

Kass, R. E., & Raftery, A. E. (1995). Bayes factors. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 90 (430), 773–795.